Great piece in The New Yorker on the trend of DIY private clubs. In the past, private clubs were the exclusive based on wealth but today, theres a new generation of DIY grassroots private clubs forming to provide an IRL places for people from different backgrounds and industries to connect over curated social experiences.
I couldn't help but turn my mind to Lens when reading it....
As a social layer, Lens has the potential to power a wide range of digital communities that can be just as stimulating. We're already seeing the formation of micro-communities within the Lens ecosystem, where people who may never have crossed paths are connecting over shared interests.
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This comment left here by @punkess.lens today is an amazing example of that: lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x16a1
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"Music Is Social" - IYKYK is another one
Looking back at the magic of old-school Twitter, what drew many of us in was the openness and ability to discover and connect with people from completely different backgrounds. However, the challenge was often taking those connections to the next level, into deeper smaller space curated experiences.
With Lens' ever-emerging front-ends providing more curation (e.g. @diversehq.lens launched today), digital community enabling tools (embedded governance in follower NFTs and publications), composability and ownership, we now have the ability to create meaningful connections throughout the entire internet on an open graph AND take them to more curated and defined experiences, fostering even deeper connections.
I am calling it DIY Lens Clubs ✌️
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/17/new-yorks-diy-private-club
🎶 ☁️ Track of the week ☁️ 🎶 Taken from Takashi Kokubo's score for an air-conditioner unit, this is his tropically-hued, electronic soundscape, called 'Underwater Dreaming' soundcloud.com/lagrecords/underwater-dreaming?in=lagrecords/sets/takashi-kokubo-a-dream-sails-out-to-sea-get-at-the-wave
The Japanese approach to sound is all encompassing. Fictional characters, brands, ideas, even inanimate objects – like printers, wristwatches, and whiskey – have their own theme tunes, and original music created specifically for them. These kinds of compositions are referred to as an "image song", or an “image album”, both of which are audio impressions designed to give a multi-sensory experience.
In 1987, Japanese composer and environmental sound designer Takashi Kokubo was enlisted to create the image album for a new line of high-end Sanyo air-conditioners. Though Kokubo's name might not be familiar, alongside his anime scores and avant-garde projects, he also crafted music that has reached virtually all of the Japanese public's ears – from mobile phone earthquake alerts to contactless card payment jingles, and beyond.
Originally released as a promo album under the name Get At The Wave, the air-conditioner soundtrack was designed “to transport the consumer into a parade far away from the heat and hurry of urban life.” Achieving exactly that, the music is a portal into a magically calming island of Kokubo's own creation.
A testament to the wondrousness of a reissue, this little-known record was unearthed for its first re-release in 2018 via LAG Records, lovingly remastered from the original tapes, and presented under a new name, A Dream Sails Out To Sea (Get At The Wave).
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Welcome to track 5 from SATELLITES, the Genesis LNRZ TAPE
Featuring vocals from Aly and Madalen Duke and production from Clear eyes and Ricardo (Vaarwell)
We picked 5 artists as a community, and created one of the most unique bodies of work in the space.
Join us tomorrow at 11AM PST to collect the entire project @
lnrz.xyz/satellites
“It’s not about choosing one network to rule them all — that is crazy Silicon Valley logic,”....
"The future is that you’re a member of dozens of different communities, because as human beings, that’s how we are.”
Topical read on the trend back to smaller internet spaces: www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/technology/personaltech/tiktok-twitter-facebook-social.html
If you're building a community-oriented app on Lens pls reach out or comment below!